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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299790)15

     [Deterministic Factoring in Time N^O(1)](https://hexagonmath.org/2610.00600v1)

     HNhexagonmath.org22 hours ago

3.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308900)5

     [From Lotus Leaves to Rain Jackets: The Power of Biomimicry](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/student-contributors-technology-general-science/lotus-leaves-rain-jackets-power-biomimicry)

     HNmcgill.ca6 hours ago

4.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301004)12

     [Malicious Claude Code Extension Found in Cursor Marketplace](https://cursor.com/blog/claude-code-extension-security-notice)

     HNcursor.com18 hours ago

5.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50304437)7

     [Apple Is Entering Its Slop Era](https://www.404media.co/apple-is-entering-its-slop-era/)

     HN404media.co11 hours ago

6.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306904)5

     [EU to impose €2 fee on all packages entering the bloc as of 1 November](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/30/eu-to-impose-2-fee-on-all-packages-entering-the-bloc-as-of-1-november)

     HNeuronews.com9 hours ago

7.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303890)6

     [Finland launches criminal probe into land clearance for Google data centre](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/finland-launches-criminal-probe-suspected-environmental-damage-google-data-2026-10-29/)

     HNreuters.com12 hours ago

8.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308297)5

     [Old Ideas](https://blog.fogus.me/thoughts/old-ideas.html)

     HNblog.fogus.me7 hours ago

9.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308262)5

     [Hamburg 1:1 in Minecraft](https://github.com/lukad/hamburg-in-minecraft)

     HNgithub.com7 hours ago

10.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300097)9

     [A Claude Code agent's test escaped into my Mac. I only noticed because it talked](https://www.marutpandya.com/posts/2026/10/my-mac-started-reading-json-aloud/)

     HNmarutpandya.com20 hours ago

11.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307885)5

     [Giant eagles once ruled the skies](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261028-predatory-birds-the-size-of-a-small-aircraft-once-flocked-the-skies-some-of-them-ate-humans)

     HNbbc.com8 hours ago